How Long To Grill Corn On The Cob For?

For many years grilled corn on the cob has been one of the most popular summer barbecue dishes that never fails to impress your guests. Fresh, properly grilled corn can be a real thrill for the senses, is easy to make and does not require much time or energy to make. This makes grilled corn on the cob a perfect dish to make for your friends or family.

While you will mostly hear about corn grilled on an outdoor grill, the dish can also be prepared indoors in ovens or microwaves. The methods will also come down to grilling the corn in its own natural husks or in aluminum foil, depending on the corn in question and how fun you want to make it for your guests. In this article, we explore all the different ways to prepare grilled corn and to grill corn on the cob in different manners. The most natural way of preparing corn on the cob is to grill it in its own husks. To prepare the corn for this type of grilling, you need to partially remove the husks, remove the silk below them, than soak your corn in water for about 15 minutes, while preheating the grill to a temperature of 350 degrees F.

How long to grill corn on the cob in husks

Once the grill is ready and your corn is soaked, make sure to put back the husks and cover your corn. This will protect your corn. Before placing the husks back, you may coat your corn in butter or olive oil, as well as any seasoning you like, such as garlic or basil.

Begin grilling by placing the corn on the grill and turning it very often to prevent charring. After several turns, move the corn to the side of the grill in lesser heat and let it cook for another 15 minutes or so. Once the husks start to darken and peel off the ear, you will know your corn is done. Remove it from the grill and serve the delicious corn to your guests.

How long to grill corn on the corn in foil

Grilling the corn in aluminum foil makes it a bit easier on you than grilling it with the husks. For starters, remove all of the husks and the silk surrounding the corn. Proceed to either soak the corn in water for about 20 minutes, as many do, or simply go straight to wrapping it in aluminum foil, ready to be grilled.

Once your grill is preheated to 350 degrees F you are ready to put your cobs on the grill. Either shake off the excess water if you soaked your corn, or simply put your wrapped corn on the grill. You can coat the corns in olive oil, butter and any kind of seasoning you prefer, such as garlic, salt or pepper.

The corn is now ready to be grilled. So how long to grill the corn on the cob in an aluminum foil? 15 to 20 minutes should be plenty of time for your corn to be ready. To check if your corn is done, poker it and see if the kernels explode with their own juice. If they do, the corn is done and ready to serve. You may remove the corn from the grill, remove the foil and serve to your guests.

How long to cook corn on the cob in oven

Now the oven method of preparing corn on the cob is a bit more unconventional but still used by many, especially once the weather is too cold for outdoor grilling. The most natural method of preparing corns in an oven will be to simply put them in there in their own husks.

To start this process simply wash the corn in its husks, eliminate the excess silk and preheat your oven to about 650 degrees F. Once your oven is ready put the corns in there, no additional bowls or protection, simply place as many as can fit in a row in your oven. Then proceed to cook for about 30 minutes. The corn should become soft to touch once it is ready. Do not touch them with your bare hands at first.

You may now remove the husks and coat your corn with butter or any kind of seasonings you and your guests like on your corn. Enjoy it.

How long to cook corn on the cob in microwave

This is possibly the easiest method ever of cooking corn on the cob. Preparing corn in a microwave may not be as fun and cool as grilling them on an outdoor grill, but it will get the job done fast and with no pain at all.

Simply take your ears of corn in their husks, wash them off a bit and remove the excess silk. So how long to cook corn on the cob in a microwave? Well, the microwave version will be the fastest as your corn will be ready in 3 to 5 minutes. Once your corn is ready to make sure to give it a few minutes to cool off before removing the husks from the inside of the corn will be extremely hot and you don’t want to burn yourself on the corn.

Conclusion

Corn on the cob may be one of the easiest and most fun dishes out there. It is easy to prepare in a number of ways as we described above and it will be sure to turn your barbecue or dinner party into a thrill for your guests as everyone loves themselves a tasty ear of corn.

Make sure to never touch the hot ears just off the grill or out of the microwave with your bare hands, as this is basically the only danger you may face while preparing corn on the cob and no one wants to destroy the party by getting burnt.

We hope you will enjoy your corn on the cob and will try all of our methods so that you may have your corn any day, summer or winter.

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